Effectiveness of Activity Based Learning In General Science At Elementary Level

Abstract

The present study describes that Activity Based Learning is effective for the development of Affective Domain outcomes in learning General Science particularly at Primary level. This research study deals with 5^th grade students. Activity should be prepared by low cost material which can be easily available in the locality and students became avid learners through nature by easy nature related activities. Pretest and post-test Control Group Design of experimental research was selected for this research study. Experimental group was taught with the help of given activities whereas the control group was taught through ordinary method of teaching and learning. The total number of students was and these students were divided into two equal groups. The selected school was Islamabad Model School for Girls, Lakhwal. The class teacher made test of first three chapters cover in the first term serve as the data for pretest. Both the groups were taught for the period of four weeks. The achievement test (post-test) covering nine topics (two complete chapters) was used as measuring tool. The post-test was administered at the end of the treatment. The post-test scores of the experimental and control groups served as data for this study. T-test was used to analyze the data. The analysis of the data revealed that on the whole, experimental group performed significantly better than control group. The results showed that the Activity Based Approach in Learning is significantly more effective for the development of higher order skills in the students than the ordinary approach of teaching.